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Horatio Alger: From Rags to Riches



Students analyze frontispieces from two 19th century books for messages about "rags to riches" media tropes and about race and gender in construction of fictional characters. This simple decoding activity has been taken from a larger lesson with many slides titled “Which Side Are You On?” To access this lesson, type the title with quotes into the PLS keyword search bar.



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Relevant Subject Area(s)

US History

Grade Level(s)

High School, College

Media Type(s)

News - Print

Author(s)

Sox Sperry

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